Attachment for vehicles.



-G.'H. HERMAN. l ATTAGKMBNT ron nVEHICLESl .u'rmunolrruim 11.53.20, 19,12.

Patented sepa 10,1912.

' nueufov `.ennemis H. HERMAN,

To all fwiozri "it may concern:

Be it. known that I, Ci-iniziiiis II.4 Ilianiimn, a citizen of the United States, residing at'Medford, in the county offJackson and Stateof Oregon, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Attachments .for Vehicles, of'wliich the following isa specii'ication, reference being' had to the ae .companying drawings.

-My invention relates to new and usefull v,improvements m means for limiting,` the action of vehicle springs and `more particularly t-o a device for application to auto- ;mobiles and my object is to provide a device adapted to have connection with the" aXlea-ndfranic of a vehicle which. will limit the upward movement of the frame when the eine is under action of the spi-ings of the veg. zelo.'

A fur nr object of the invention resides in providing an expansible member held in its normal contracted position by means of la Coil spring and a still further object resides in providing means in connection with the expansihle member which adapted to have. connection with the frame of the vel hicle" and which is movable independently of the expansible member.

. Still another object of the invention re" sides in providing a device which is extremely simple and durable in construct1on,-ineXpensivc to manufacture, and one which will '.be very efficient. andl useful in operation.

lVith these andV other ob]ects in view the invention consists in the novel featu es of construction, combination and arrangement of parts as will he hereinafter referred to and more particularly pointed out in the specieation and claims.

In the accompanying drawing forming` a part of this application, Figure 1 is a fragmentary rear elevation of a motor vehicle showing my improved device applied to use thereon. Fig. 2 is a vertical section through the device, with parts in elevation. 3 is a similar view taken at rightangles to that shown in Fig. 2; and Fig. si. is a horizontal section through the device.

In. describing my invention, I shall refer to the drawing in which similar reference characters designate corresponding parts throughout the several views and in which l indicates a frame of a vehicle such as an automobile supported on the springsZ or ivinnronn, OREGON.

ATTACHMENT FOB,y VEHICLES..

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Sept.' 10, 1912. Application filed March 20, i912. Serial No. 685,043. i

which are in turn secured to the axle and in order to limit the upwardr n'iovement of said frame under tension of the spi-ings, after the latter have been compressetr dni'- ing' the movement ofthe vehicle, I provide my in'iproved device. This device comprises, an arm 4t, the lower end of whichis clamped to the axle S so as to extend vertically npward therefrom by means ofa clamping member 5 and the upper end thereof has a head G formed thereon which is disposed in sliding' engagement with an upper member 7. This upper member comprises a pair of parallel arms 8 which are held in spaced lation with respect to one another hy means of. the integral spacing lugs formed at the ends of said arms and held together by means of the boltslt) extending through said arms at theA ends thereof. As stated. the head member G, of t-he arm at, is disposed in sliding engagement between the arms of this member 7, the same heiligheid. in en-A IQ "afci'enieiit tl'ierewith by means of a cap member ll eiigijag'ed with said head, and from 4this .construction it'will be seen that the eXpansil/ile movement of the member 'l with respect to the arm/L will be limited by the engagement of the. head 6, with the lower spacing lug '9. An additionallug or the like l2 is secured between the arms S adjacent the upper end of said member to limit the contracted movement of the members 4 and with respect to one another and disposed in sliding engagement with the member 7 between the lug 12 and the -upper spacing lue' 9 is the lower end of a hook member or the like i3, said hook member beinggengaged with. the frame l of the vehicle. Erich-cling the members 4 and 7, is.

ay coil spring 14, one end of which is engaged with an opening in the lower end of the yarm at, while the upper end of the same is engaged over the additional lug` 12 hetween the arms and this spring, it will be seen, will retain the device normally iii its contracted position. In order to guide the member T in vits movement, a guide collar 1 5 is provided on the lower end of said mem ber 7, which encircles the arm fland is secured on the lower pin 10, which retains .the arms 8 together.

'In practice, the device is so formed that when appliedto 'the vehicle, the same will be substantially in ,its contracted position and when the frame .of the vehicle is caused ,ico

to be lowered aga-inst the tensionv of the Q ".f'f' I. s prings. uud er load, the member 13 which is y'engagedl v'vithlhe frameand disposed .in

sliding engagement with theaun 8', will alsov '-be lovvered.v The frame on itsireturn move# ment, under uens'ionoffthe vehicle spritngsL will have a tendency to extend Vfar ahoveit's -normal position which will be compensated foi-bythe? expansionef my device, but the 'upward movement'ot the 'frame Will'b'e limited by thefcontact of the lower spacing lug on the member I with the head member on the lovverarm et.i Thus the frame cannot "rise under the tension ofthe springs to any encedlalong this line.

great'extent and: the possibili/ty ofthe vehiclesprings being broken frm-this-cause Willbe eliminatedf I t is al Well known fact among 'automo- I bllist's that 4springs are constantly 'broken' through theupvvard movement ofthe frame of thev'ehicle under tension of saidjs'prings and various'A devices have been supplied for Y the purpose of prevntingsuch damage,-but evice will positiveiy .carry outl the' purpose for which it isdesig'ned and Willobviate the many diiiiculties heretofore expert.

From the" foregoing` it ivill bessen that'I have provided a simple, inexpensive and eilif described theelements most welhadapted tocient device :tor carrying out the objects of the invention and While I 'have particularly perform the functions set forth', 'it is obvious i, that various changesin form, proportion 'and in the mindr details lof construction 4 of the invention.

maybe resorted -to Without departing from the spirit or sacrificing aiix of `che principles Having thus described this Whatfisclaimed is g l1.4 In a device' of the class describ'ed, the combination with a vehicle frame, springs 'therefurr'andan axle to which said springs are''enuried; of a memberformed olf a pair ofsectlonsfone of .sa1d sections having enf gagenient' with lsaid axle, lmeans arranged in sliding engagement theopgnqsitel 2Q In a device of the class-describe combination -vvvith a 'vehicle invention,

Witnesses section and `havingwsecure engagemen -ment of the one sectionvvi'threspect tqtlief other, and additional meansto normally-fw tein the one'member .in contractedzposltibn with resp'ectto the-other.

combination with a vehicle' frame,A sprixfigs therefor, and an axle to which said'springs aire secured; of 'a 'pair of members ar anged in Sliding engagement' ywith one "another,- me'ans to securelymount one of said memhes.- `on the axle, additional means having sli ing'engagement with the other member anti therefor-,and anaxle to whic said-springe are securedi'ota 'pair'of members slidably? engaged .vvithfone another, means` to' mount one of said members Onthe axle, a connect- 'to the' fra-me and .the other disposed in slid' ing engagement with the' other' of said pair of members, means tolimit' the sliding move, ment oil-said connectingmember on t last mentionedV member, additional me ing member having one end thereof secured I sto' limit the sliding movement of'said rst men# y 'tioned member with respect to one another,-

and' 'a coil spring encircling said4 members l vand having the 'e1-rds thereof respectively engaged with Vthe Same.

' In testimony whereof I hereunto aiiix my 'I 'signature in the presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES H. HERMAN.

GLENN O.- TAYLOR, CoRA HorALING. 

